Reburial of ancient Mungo remains approved

Dated about 42,000 years old, Mungo Man is the oldest human skeleton to be found in Australia. (AAP)

The return of ancestral Aboriginal remains of more than 100 people, including the oldest human skeleton found in Australia, to their original resting grounds has been approved by the federal government.

The remains were removed from Lake Mungo in the Willandra Lakes area of southwest NSW without the approval of traditional owners between 1960 and 1980.